Never too old to learn

The Economist article discussing older executives shunning
corporate training; this is a problem both for them and the firms they work for

The piece discusses the results of
a recent survey by Mannaz (management development company) citing the decline in corporate training participation for workers
over 55. The company claimed that it wasn't a matter of organizations not offering them the opportunity to learn (i.e.
age discrimination), rather that the employees themselves were opting out.

The problem seems to be that these employees
"have seen it all" or are being subjected to irrelevant and too-basic lessons, and would rather engage with their
peers and find what they are doing/discovering instead. In turn, the lack of senior people in the
corporate classroom means that younger employees lose out on valuable input.

Read the article (at the
link) to find out more - and their proposed solutions.

Source(please note, some articles are only available for a limited time.)